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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-03-17
Cattlenen.

There will be q meeting of the Utah
Cattle and Horse Growers Association
at the seeretary's Office lilo Main Street,
on Monday, April 4th, at 10 am, for
the purpose of discussing the hest
means of securing more thorough or
ganization CT the stock interests of the
Territory. Al interested are invited.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-03-17
Stockmen

A magnificent ranch, stocked with
1000 head of Well-bred Durham stock
cattle, saddle horses, houses, stables,
corrals, etc.; good summer range and
ranch privilege can be bought at bar
gain. Enquire of S. II. HoBsoN.
Real Estate and Loan Agent, Ogden
Utah.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-03-17
Ladies'.

We have Just received twenty-five
dozen of those handsome improved
patent Mothers Friend Boys Shirt
Waists. The advantage in them is tina
no buttons can be torn off either in
90 cents each. The price, considering
these advantages, is remarkably low.
L. GOLDBERG.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-03-17
The Babies Dry. for Tt.

And the old folks laugh whenItbey fhd
that the pleasant California liquid fruit
remedy Syrup OF Figs, is more easily
taken and more beneficial in its action
than bitter, nauseous medicines. It
strengthens the Liver, Kidneys, Stom-
aeh, and Bowels, while it arouses them
to, a healthy activity. For sale by A. G..
Smith & Co.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-03-17
TIME TO SPECULATE.

A GIVE FLUCTUATIONS in the Market
a offer opportunities to Spectators to
make money in Grain, Stocks, Bonds and
Petroleum. Prompt personal attention
given to orders received by wire or mail.
Correspondence solicited. Full information
be forwarded free on application.
H. d. KYLE, Banker and Broker,
Broad and 81 New Streets, New York City
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-03-17

A NASAL INJECTOR free with each
bottle of Shiloh's Catarrh Remedy.
Price 80 cents. For sale at A..C. Smith
& Co. Drug Store. Is
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-03-17

For lame back, side or chest, use
Shilohfs Porous Plaster. Price 25 cents.
Sold By A. G. Smith & Co., druggists.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-03-17
Fox & Symcns

Have reduced the price OF photographs.
All Wo-k done by the dry-plate instanta-
ueous process. Reduction permanent.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-03-17
iceberg g. Pernstrom,.

We are making up fashionable suits
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-06-24
CONFECTIONERS.


ICE CREAM SALOONS;
refitted and arranged thoroughly for tho accom-
modation of all his customers. His Ladies Ice
Cream Parlors on the second ilcor. His newly
furnished saloon for gentlemen Special room
fitted up for colorcd customers who arc fond of
the best Ice Cream III town. He has maIntained
his good name FOR pure goods for thirty years and
still supplies the hest and cheapest goods in his
line.
Ice Cream Soda Pies for dessert or lunch, and
Pure Candies arc specialties III which he has new
or been excelled. Cakes Of Ill kinds of the best
material cheaper than they can be made at home.
He caters Of the best for families, parties balls,
fairs and entertainments myG
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-06-24
ut twelve o'clock m.
NJ WCIFO v NIUCN III UII
SATURDAY.
the 9tIl day OfJuIy. 1887.


all the RIGHTS, PRIVILEGES, FRANCHISES
and PROPERTY OF THE ALEXANDRIA AND
WASHINGTON RAILROAD COMPANY, except
the fund now or hereafter to come into the hands
OF the receiver in said cause, and debts due said
company. The railroad Of the said The Alex
andria and Washington Railroad Company con-
sists of double-track railroad from point in the
county of Alexandria, State of Virginia, opposite
the city of Washington, D. c., near the south end
of the Long Bridge, to st. Asaph Junction in said
county. two single tracks from st. Asaph
Junction into the city of Alexandria, one passing
through Henry street to Duke street. and the
other through St Asaph street to Princess street,
with sidc-tracks, turn-outs, &c. complete
schedule OF the property is contained in the mas
ters report file amongst the papers in said
cause.
Terms of Sale: Cash as to the following sums,
viz: SO, ,610 81 with interest thereon at the rate
of six per centum per annum from January 18th,
1892. until paid SG00 with interest thereon
at the rate OF six per centum per annum from
July 1st 1857, until paid $4,000, with interest
thereon at the rate of seven per centum per an
mum from January 22d, 1862, until paid, and with
interest upon all of the half yearly coupons of 35
cach attached to each OF said bonds and on each
running from the 22d day of July, 1862, to the
22d day OF July, 1877, both inclusive until paid;
SIS, ,415.92, with interest on $3O696.29, part
thereof, from September 18th, 1883 till paid, and
S22, 1862, with interest on S9,511.1S, part
thereof, from September 18th. 1883, till paid
and as to the residue of the purchase money upon
credit of one, two and three years with interest
from the day of sale, evidenced by negotiable
notes, the title being retained under the control
of the court until full compliance has been made
with the terms Of sale and until all the money is
paid and subject to resale in case OF default. a
deposit of $4,000 will be required when the
property is struck off the purchaser not to be lei
into the possession Of the property until after the
final ratification of such sale, and the future order
Of the court to that effect.
NJ F. PLEASANTS,
Master and Commissioner to make sale
Conveyancing at the cost of the purchaser.
my9 mSthSw
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-06-24
Successors to K. H. stablorl

DRUGGISTS AND CHEMISTS,
n ". Corner King and Washington streota
Dealers in Patent Medicines, Drugs, Cigars and
Cigarettes Fine Tooth Brushes, Nail Brushes,
German and Domestic Cologne. Hair Brushes,
sponges, Flesh Straps, SIC, Especial care given to
prescriptions. jan28-tf
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-06-24
AUCTION SALES.
COMMISSIONERS SALE OF
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE
IN ALEXANDRIA, VA.

By virtue of i decree of the Corporation Court
Of the city of Alexandria, Virginia rendered at
its April and June terms, 1887, in the chancery
cause Of Emanuel Francis VS.. Rose C. Latham ct
ais, the subscribers, as special commissioners. ap-
pointed by said decree, will expose for sale at
public auction, on SATURDAY the 9th of July,
1887, at . M in front of the Market Building,
on Royal street, in the said city of Alexandria,
the following described real estate, to wit:
1st LOT OF GROUND. with TWO 6y=.
STORY BRICK DWELLING HOUSE there -: El::a:
on. on the north side of Prince street. between
Union and Lee streets, in the said city OF Alexan
dria. in front on Prince street 20 feet, more or
less, and in depth IS feet.
Terms of Sale: Ono-thrd of the purchase mon
cy in cash on the day of sale, and the residue in
two equal payments at six and twelve months
from the day of sale; the deferred payments to
bear interest from the day of sale and to be Sc
cured by the notes OF the purchaser or purchasers
with good security, and the retention of the title
to the property until said notes are paid.
J. K. II. NORTON, Special
JAS. L. CATION, SpSS,~. Sppu.jr
ALBERT STUART, ComrS
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-06-24

!, John s Beach, Clerk of the Corporation
Court of the city Of Alexandria, Va, do certify
that James K. Cation, special commissioner, has
given bond, with security, as required by the de-
of sale in the aforementioned cause.
Given under my hand this 21st day of June,
1887. JOHN s. BEACH.
ie21 Is Clerk.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-06-24
Five Hundred Dollars.

is the sum DR.. Pierce offers for the detection
of any calomel, or other mineral poison or
injurious drug, in his justly celebrated
pheasant Purgative Pellets" They are
about the size of mustard seed, therefore
easily taken, while their operation is unat-
tended by any gripping pain. Billiousness,
sick-headache. bad taste in the mouth, and
iaundice, yield at once before these "little
giants" OF your druggist.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-06-24
ALEXANDRIA VA FRIDAY EVENING JUNE a. 1887
EXCURSIONS.
Lower Cedar Point.
wAsHI>0N's CoNEY ISLAND.

Excursion season opens June Doth and daily
thereafter. Music Boating, Bathing, Dancing,
Fishing. Cheapest and best excursion ont of
Alexandria. New and magnificent .T..,-
fast palace steamer HENRY {. BISH- .sxaSss1zs
OP will leave foot of Prince street daily at $50
a. M; returning, arrive at 5 p. II. For special
rates Sunday schools and organizations shouid ap-
ply 10 STEPHENSON BRCS..
18th street wharf Washington, d. c..
Round trip soc; children 25c. ie14 2m
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-06-24

DREECH LOADING GUNS, fine quality, Shell
ID ciccting, Double action and other Pistols,
Loading Implements, Shells, Caps, Primers, Wads
and other goods in same line, will be sold at low
prices. at SO King corner of Royal streets. Call
'o, nov14 Vii J.T. CREIGHTON & SON.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-06-24
SA z
ALEXANDRIA, WASHINGTON R.R

1crcl by the Circuit Court of the United States
for the Eastern District OF Virginia, on the 9th
day of April, 1884, in the chanccry cause of Alex
andef Hay VS. The Alexandria and Washington
Railroad Company and others. therein depending,
the undersigned Il master of said court. and the
commissioner appointed by said decree to make
sale of the property therein described will expose
to sale at public auction, in front of the Custom
House Building, on st. Asaph street,
IN THE CITY OF ALEXANDRIA, VA,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-06-24

HARDWARE FOR THE SEASON at S8 King,
IL corner of Royal street, Alexandra, Virginia
Just received supply Of genuine ENGLISH
WALDRON GRAIN and GRASS SCYTHES :;
American Grain and Grass scythes Bush Scythes,
Snaths, Hay Rakes, Scythe Stones, Rifles, Hay
and Manure Forks, which were purchased of first
hands and will be sold, wholesale and retail, at 4
small advance at SS King corner Of Royal st., by
my1O J. r. CREIGHTON e SON
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-06-24

{IT A. JOHNSON &. CO..
WHOLESALE GROCERS.
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS
And Dealers in
ALL KINDS OF LIQUORS,
Have on hand GIBSON'S Xxx, xxx, xxx,
ard PURE OLD RYE, OLD CABINET and
MONOGRAM WHISTLES; also BAKERS and
THOMPSON'S PURE RYE WHISTLES. 10 which
they invite the attention of tho trade.
Orders from the country for merchandise shall
receive prompt attention.
Consignments of Flour, Grain and Country Pro-
iuce solicited for which they guarantee the high
est market prices and prompt returns.
Northeast corner Of Cameron and Royal streets
sep14 Alexandria, VS..
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-06-24
AnvIcE TO alcTHERs.

MRS WINsLow's SOOTHING Sy8UP, for chill
drcn teething, is the prescription OF one Of the
best female nurses and physicians in the United
States, and mas been used for forty years with
never-failing success by millions of mothers for
their children. During the process of tcething
its value is incaculable. 1t relieves the child
from pain, cures dysentery and diarrhGa, gripping
in the bowels, and wind-eolic. By giving health
to the child it rests the mother. Price % cents s
bottle. -i7rM H&s
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-06-24
NThRFIELD & HALL.
nR u G G ! $ Y $

UUIuUI TIIlICD tHU faLTIaA AIFcoJ
Prescriptions specially. English, French,
German and Domestic Toilet Soaps Gonuino
Farina Cologne; Magnolia, Hedycsmia Geranium
and Florida Water Genuine Lubin's Extracts;
Spopgcs, Hair Brushes and Combs; best English
Tooth Brushes; full assortment Of Patent Mcdi-
cines, Coxcs Gclatine, Corn Starch Sea Moss Fa.
rine; Spices of sll kinds and select stock of ali
articles sold by druggists at prices az low rs tho
same quality can be obtained elsewhere. dec
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-06-24

HARDWARE, CUTLERY, GUNS, PISTOLS,
IL &c, at SS King street, corner of Royal,
Alexandria, Va.-Thc subscribers invite the at.
tention OF wholesale and retail purchasers 10
their large and well selected stock goods in their
line, which were bought in quantity at bottom
prices, and will be sold at small advance. We
invite comparison of prices and quality of goods
at 8S King corner of Royal street.
sep14 J.T. CREIGHTON & SON.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-06-24
JEINEKEN's VIRGINIA WINES

GREEN AND FIGURED SCREEN WIRE "a,
SS King, corner of Royal street You can buy
wire, and have Window and Door Frames made
of better quality, to cost no more than the COM
mon Frames offered for sale in the city. Call and
see. J. T CREIGHTON & SON,
jed SO King, cor. Royal st.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-06-24
i21slntlria (3a.I44ee5Gz
PUBLISHED DAILY IND T2I- WEEKLY BY
EDGAR WDEN,

Contract advertisers 0i not be G0Wed to cIceeG their
space, 'ess the is paid for at transient raesr
aud under no circumstances ,ciU they be all0i1ed to
advertise otkcr tsar their legitimate business in The
space contracted for.
al transient advertisements mast be paid for in ad
rance.
Resolutionsia meTofan othants tii5sdes Of respect
resolutions adopted By societies or persons anesS Of
pijiic concern igiR only be printed in tFs paper as
advertisements.
Marriage and death notices must BE- paid for IN ad-
rance.
The Gazette office is connected i0ih The Telephone En-
cNange. Adrertisements orders for The paper, meus
or any Information Or BUSINESS can be sent 5v Tel
phone
Persons leaciag lie city ca, haze tbe Ga=etie mailed
to tiea', postpaid, for ffty cents month. and The
address changed as often as desired
AA Communications should be addressed 10 Gazette"
alexandria, Ia.
Entered at tie Pos.oGce at Alexandria, Yirginic as
second-Cldss matter
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-06-24

A NEW LINE OF BREAKFAST WARE to he
n opened to-day of an entirely new and lovely
pattern which will be sure to be popular and
which you can match at any time aud purchase
in as small quantity as you desire We would
be glad to have you examine these goods before
purchasing as we are making every effort to
please and take great care in Offering the newest
goods on the market.
mhS i. ]. MILLER. SON & co.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-08-26
Floral Peculiarities.

Every blossom has its precise hour for
unfolding its petals and for shutting
them, says 4 writer in Hdrpor's Y0fHg
People The daisy, or days eye, ," spreads
its lids to the earliest rays of the sun.
usually about 5 o'clock, and goes to bed
Just before sunset The morning glory
does all its blooming between and .
O'Clock in the morning, and never opens
a second time. the life of each flower
being limited to a single morning. Dan
deliOns awake between 6 and o'clock
and are put TO sleep sometimes before
evening, when the heat is excessive. The
yellow goats-beard, so common in the
meadows, ends its day at noon, and is
therefore Familiarity called ''go-to-
bed-at-noon." The pink little pimp-
ernel blossom is known as 1.-The
shepherds clock, " from its custom of
closing exactly at o'clock in the after
noon. The old-fashioned Il o'clock"
either was falsely named or has lost its
reckoning, as it does not appear until
about o'clock Ofall the plants whichfold
together their flowers and hang their heads
at shutdown for the nights rest perhaps
the most noticeable are the asters, which
invariably hide their faces at o'clock.
Many leaves do the same The clover
trefoils and the wood-sorrel (oxalis) close
between and o'clock p. NJ. and stretch
out from 6 to O'Clock a. NJ. This action
is very marked in all pod-bearing plants,
as the acacia and locust, and specially
the sensitive plant, which all double up,
or rather double down, with the closing
day. In a country walk toward sunset
you may see the drowsy leaves and bios
SONS nodding one after another in slum-
Der, and setting a fine example of early
dreams.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-08-26
A Short HISTORY OF Natural Gas.

The earliest use of natural gas on rec
ord is in China, where for centuries It
has been conveyed through hollow BAN
boos from assures in salt mines to the
surface for burning purposes. Near the
Caspian Sea, in Asia, there are also places
where natural gas is seen TO eXude from
the earth, and similar phenomenon is to
be seen in the Szalatua salt mine in Hun
gary Natural gas was first discovered
in this country in the neighborhood of
Fredonia, Chautauqua county, y. Y,
early in the century. Here it was first
put to use by some enterprising citizens in
the year 1921 A small well was
bored in the village to the depth of
twenty feet, and the gas was
conducted through pipes to the
houses, where it was used for illumin-
ating purposes alone. 1t is said that in
1924, on the occasion of Lafayette's visit,
the village was illuminated with natural
gas. This well, which was drilled in
1850 to the depth of only seventy feet, CON
tinued to supply the village with illum-
mating gas until the year 1853. 1t is a
noteworthy fact that although this in
teresting discovery was widely known 1t
did not lead to any further experiments,
either in the neighborhOod or in other
places, till fully twenty years after 1921.
In the early part of the present century
it was found that the wells which were
bored for salt in the Kanawha Valley
yielded large quantities of gas. In 1871
this gas was first used as fuel for boiling
the brines obtained from the wells.
Nearly all the wells drilled for the pur-
pose of obtaining petroleum afforded
natural gas in abundance; it was. in fact,
a considerable inconvenience to those en-
gagged in sinking the wells, and often a
source of serious danger. In 1865 well
which was sunk for petroleum at West
Bloomfield, n. Y, struck a flow
of natural gas. An effort was made
to utilize this, and it was carried
in a wooden main to the city of
Rochester, a distance of twenty-four
miles, in 1870, for the purpose of illum-
mating the city, but the experiment
was failure. So, though it was obvious
that this gaseous product constituted an
inexhaustible supply of excellent fuel, no
attempt was made to put it to use in man
ufactHre until during the past decade.
In 1878, well in Armstrong County,
Pennsylvania, was so arranged that the
gas could be separated from the water
with which it was discharged, and con-
veyed through pipes to several mills in
that vicinity, where it was used in the
manufacture of bar iron. From that time
TO the present day the use of natural
gas has increased very rapidly. 1t is
estimated that the gas used in 1885 for
heating and Illuminating purposes was
equivalent to 3,131, 600 tons of coal,
having a value of 81, s57, 600. The con
sumption of gas during the last calendar
year very much exceeded this quantity;
the total value estimated on the basis of
the coal which it has displaced, proba-
bly, amounted to more than Sc, 900, 600
Inter Ocean.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-08-26
Some Oueer Epitaphs

One of the English weekly journals
has made an extensive collection of
..auaint and curious epitaphs.' Here
are some of the best: Epitaph on Mr.
Partridge, who died in the month of
May:
What, kill a partridge in the month OF Nay
Eli, Death Eh
On Young lady who died of paraly
sis, brought on by hair-dye containing
sugar Of lead:
In all the pride of health dyed,
A dire mischance did then betide-
That dive contained some sugar of lead
NV hair is golden, but I'm dead
A man who had four wives wrote the
following epitaph, after burying the
fourth and collecting the remains of the
other three and placing them in the same
tomb:
Stranger, pause and drop tear,
For Susan Sparks is buried here,
Mingled in some perplexing manner
With Jane, Maria and portions Of Hannah
Here lies my dear wife, a sad slattern and
shrew.
II I said regretted her should lie too.
On an angler:
He angled many apuriing brook,
But lacked the anglers skill;
He lied about the fish he took,
And here he's lying still
A man and his wife are buried in the
same grave and the stone bears the in
scription;
Their warfare is accomplished
Here is an American one:
Under this sod our babie lies;
1t neither cries nor holers;
It lived Just twenty seven days,
And cost US $40
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-08-26
A Possible ErnIanation.

"Snifkins says he's no friend of yours
any more said Sam Sample to Charley
Sellers as they met at the store the other
morning.
'Indeedl'
mo. He says that your arc no friend
of his any more. Now what is the trou-
be2 You haven't insulted him simply
because you both happened to be going
to see the same girl, have your"
Certainly not"
Then what can be the matter7'
q don't know unless he has found out
who it was sent that newsboy in front of
her house TO holler, here's your morn
ing papers, while he was in there calling.
/ understand that that call sort of walked
up her father and made trouble for
sniff. Merchant Trareler.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-08-26

the contribution box started out on hi,
rounds the young man took a five-dollar
gold piece out of his pocket and dis
played it in such a way that the Young
lady saw it. She mildly rebuked him for
his extravaganza, but he said he often
contributed that much, especially when
in strange churches. Watching his
chance he slipped the gold coin into his
pocket and slyly took out silver quar-
ter which he as slyly dropped into the
box when it reached him. This fixed
the impression on the young lady that
her beau was generous, and held the
church in high esteem. At the close Of
the services, as was the custom of the
church, the amount in the box was an
nounced. The total was 1915. That
young man has had no business in the
immediate neighborhood of that young
ladies' house since that eyentful evening.
Chicago National.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-08-26
The Commas PIant.

Long before men learned to pohhd.
piece Of magnetized iron on a pivot "a i
indicate the north, there were natu
compasses growing on the Ameris &C
prairies, and they still flourish in lars
numbers as a reliable guide to traveleAsl
across the American desert. They are
peculiar species of plant, called the COM
pass plant, the pilot weed, or the polar
plant, and have been known for genera
tions 70 the Western hunter, although
the scientific world has known them but
a short time. The edges of its leaves arc
said 20 be always pointed due north and
south An authority states; Repeated
observations upon the prairies, wipc
measurements by the compass of the q
rections assumed by hundreds of leaytml
especially Of the radical ones, have IN,
that as to prevalent position the popuS
belief has a certain foundation in
fact 4
captain Mayne Reid mentions it u
u his books as follows: 1--WE
guide to onr direction unerring
magnetic needle. We were II Le
the region Of the polar plant, tie til
Of whose leaves at almost q
pointed out our meridian. Itlg
our track, and was crushedhe
hoofs Of our horses as we rdS
The traveller Burton also re
Whilst in the damper grounos
the polar plant, that prairie con-
plane Of whose leaf ever turnsvif
the magnetic meridian AnothcT
says: Fortunately none goes to ihei
RES for the first time without BENZ
shown, in case Of mishaps, the groups Of
oompass-weed which abound all over the
plains. and tine broad fat leaves Of which
point due north and south with an ac-
cur1cy as unvarying as that of the mag
neiic needle itself.-HarPer's Young
People.